First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 228 King Shunyi

The frame slowly drove back to the East Palace, and Chang Luohua led people to greet him. When he got close to Zhu Biao, he smelled the smell of alcohol, and quickly asked someone to cook sober soup, but Zhu Biao himself didn't feel anything.

After washing his face and drinking the hangover soup, he fell asleep. Anyway, there was nothing to do in the afternoon. It was rare to have a rest. In order to block the light, Zhu Biao placed a screen embroidered with dragon patterns in front of the bed. There is a golden incense burner with a suanni sitting on the mountain, about a few feet high, which is very ingenious.

Nuanyu gently ignites the spices inside, and wisps of green smoke wind out. Its aroma is as beautiful as musk, some like seaweed, wood, moss, sweet and delicate, with special sweetness and extremely long-lasting The base rhyme is a very complex combination of aromas.

This is a palace-specific incense mainly composed of ambergris. It was passed down from the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty. It is said that it can promote blood circulation, benefit the essence, help Yang Dao, benefit blood vessels, and calm the nerves.

This ambergris was specially sent by coastal officials in the first year of Hongwu. It took more than a year to complete the production. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't get much in total, and basically sent it to the East Palace and Kunning Palace.

At that time Zhu Biao was still in Fengyang, and Chang Luohua himself was not willing to use it, so he stayed until now. Zhu Biao naturally slept very comfortably this time, and after waking up, he led Chang Luohua for a walk around the yard.

Chang Luohua looked at the radiant husband and asked softly, "Is Your Highness going to leave tomorrow?"

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "There's still something to do in Fengyang. After I'm done, I'll go to the coast and try to come back before the Chinese New Year."

Chang Luohua's expression darkened a lot when he heard that, the couple really get together less and leave more, and they don't spend much time together after getting married. When a newcomer enters the palace next year, will His Highness still remember her?
Zhu Biao naturally felt it too, and suddenly turned around and glanced at Chang Luohua, only to see a forced smile appeared on her face immediately, but she still couldn't hide her worry and panic about the future.

Chang Luohua's age is nothing more than a high school student in later generations. Even if she is mature, it is normal for her to feel panic in the current situation.

Zhu Biao reached out and grabbed the hand of his princess. It seemed that it was the first time they held hands like this after they had been married for so long. Chang Luohua struggled a few times, which was too unruly.

Liu Jin, who was following behind, turned around and looked at the maids and eunuchs. They were so frightened that they immediately bowed their heads and stood there, like a group of wooden figures. Zhu Biao took her hand and walked forward, softly comforting: "You are the princess, No one can surpass you."

Chang Luohua didn't answer. Is it just the princess? It's not because she is Chang Luohua, but because she is the princess. Is this the answer I want?

The atmosphere was a little silent, but Zhu Biao didn't say anything. After the administration next year, his East Palace will be stuffed with many women every year. He may not like or like these women, but he will not refuse them. Prince's responsibility.

In the evening, Zhu Biao led his concubine to Kunning Palace. Empress Ma hugged her little classmate Zhu Lu and was talking about something. After saluting to her mother, she sat down. Zhu Lu first jumped down and said hello to Chang Luohua. Then he threw himself into Zhu Biao's arms and acted like a baby.

The food has been prepared long ago, and now we are waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to come. Hearing that Zhu Biao is going to leave tomorrow, Empress Ma is also a little sad, but she also knows that the people's livelihood is the most important thing, so she turned her head and said a few words of comfort to Chang Luohua.

They are all women, and she also understands her daughter-in-law. She was the same way back then. Zhu Yuanzhang went out to fight all the year round, and it was not uncommon for him not to see him once in half a year.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang walked in, looking at the four people in the room, he couldn't help laughing. Isn't he working day and night just to keep his family living in such a stable way.

Zhu Biao led the concubine and Zhu Lu to salute his father. After getting up, Zhu Lu looked back at his mother, and then rushed to his father, and was hugged by him.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a very traditional person. Although he loves children very much, he usually does not show it, and he leaves early and returns late. Therefore, except for Zhu Biao, the other princes and princesses are still in awe of their father. After all, they have no chance to understand.

The whole family ate together. Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood and drank a few more glasses. He didn't feel too much about his son going out. It's definitely a good thing to go away.

After the meal, Empress Ma pulled Chang Luohua to talk, and Zhu Yuanzhang led Zhu Biao out for a walk to eat and drink. The father and son walked in the imperial garden with their hands behind their backs. The weather was cold and they both put on capes.

Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly: "The Mongolian King Shunning has just ascended the throne and has no wife yet, so he wants to marry a princess of my Ming Dynasty, Biaoer, what do you think?"

Zhu Biao frowned. The last king of Shunyi should be the Mongolian prince who was captured by him. Afterwards, he accepted the canonization of Zhu Yuanzhang. The title of king Shunyi is very telling.

Zhu Biao replied directly: "My minister thought that he refused sternly, and issued an order to reprimand him. A mere king of Shunyi is not qualified to marry my princess of Daming."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "The King of Shunyi has nearly [-] people, and it is not a trivial matter to make trouble."

Zhu Biao didn't answer. According to his father's personality, he couldn't let his daughter marry to Mongolia. Now he just wanted to hear his opinion.

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "The Mongolian tribe can't easily make trouble. They have just recovered a little bit of vitality, and they are undoubtedly asking for trouble if they go to war again. King Shunyi's request to marry the princess should be the temptation of the Mongolian tribes to my Daming. I want to see In our current situation, do we still have the power to restrain them?"

On the surface, the Mongolian Ministry seems to have constant conflicts, but secretly they are similar, but they can still accept unity for the vast land of the Central Plains, and the unified nation should not be underestimated.

There are people from the Ming Dynasty in the Mongolian tribes, and there are also people in the Ming Dynasty who are interested in Mongolia. After all, there are still many former Beiyuan officials in the imperial court. Although they dare not do more, it is still possible to pass on some news.

They should already know that the Ming Dynasty will attack Bashu after the beginning of spring, and start to conquer Yunnan and other places in the Western Regions, so they want to see if they can get some benefits from this time.

The situation of the various ministries in Mongolia is actually not very good. Zhu Biao looted too many cattle and sheep, and the imperial court has been forcing them to pay tribute to horses, which made the life of the herdsmen difficult, and the herdsmen who could not survive on the grassland looted everywhere.

The current situation is that either the Mongolian princes and nobles should bear all this by themselves, or use their finances to buy some food from Ming Dynasty to relieve the hungry people, but this is obviously impossible, or they can divert the conflict and let them plunder the Han people.

If King Shunyi agreed to marry the princess, it meant that Daming had no spare energy to waste on them, so he agreed to marry the princess to appease them, and the situation would be more complicated.

If they don't agree, then they will be jealous instead, but there is also a very small chance that King Shunyi will be provoked to rebel. After all, there are quite a lot of idiots without brains. As long as they are used and stimulated by someone with a heart, it is not surprising to do such a thing.

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(End of this chapter)